Popular comedian Bill Bailey to bring new Vaudevillean show to Coventry Building Society Arena
Comedian, musician and ballroom trailblazer Bill Bailey will bring his spellbinding new show to Coventry next year.
Having dazzled audiences in New Zealand in recent weeks, the TV personality and 2020 Strictly Come Dancing winner has today announced a UK and Ireland arena tour for Winter 2026.
Vaudevillean, showcasing Bill’s trademark musical stylings and characteristic wit, will call at Coventry Building Society Arena on Friday, November 13, 2026.
The 26-date tour, ‘a celebration of comedy, songs and multifarious skill’, will kick off at Plymouth Pavilions on Friday, November 6, before wrapping up at 3 Arena in Dublin, Sunday, December 13.
Designed to amuse and amaze a broad audience with ‘enthralling family fun, to divert and transport from the tribulations of daily life’ the show will provide a platform for Bill as ‘a versatile multi-instrumental, multi-lingual, purveyor of humour and musical prowess’.
The 60-year-old from Somerset started out in stand up, winning a Time Out award in 1995 before being nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award for his critically-acclaimed show at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival a year later.
Bailey won Best Live Stand-Up award at the British Comedy Awards in 1999; an accolade that paved the way for a string of prime-time TV appearances.
The quirky comic has been a regular on hit panel shows Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You and QI, and also wrote and presented his own programme Is It Bill Bailey?
Bailey is the latest household name to appear at Coventry Building Society Arena as part of the venue’s CBS Live programme which has played host to the likes of The Rolling Stones, Harry Styles, Coldplay, Rhianna, The Arctic Monkeys, The Spice Girls, P!NK, Take That, Florence and The Machine and Bon Jovi.
Paul Michael, Managing Director at Coventry Building Society Arena, said: “We’re delighted Bill Bailey will be entertaining fans in our Indoor Arena as part of his nationwide tour.
“There are sure to be plenty of laughs and we’re expecting tickets to sell quickly so we would urge Bill Bailey fans to buy their tickets quickly. They would be perfect for Christmas presents!
“Bringing Bill Bailey to Coventry Building Society Arena follows on from the success of comedian Paul Smith’s dates earlier this year as we continue to establish the Arena as a top-class venue for live comedy.
“This is all part of our long-term strategy for CBS Live, which is really building momentum by bringing diverse artists to Coventry for people to enjoy and helping to put the venue on the comedy circuit map.”
Presale at 10am on Tuesday 25th November 2025
General sale at 10am on Thursday 27th November 2025.
Tickets can be bought from https://www.eticketing.co.uk/cbsarena/Events and www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Full information and tickets are also available at https://www.billbailey.co.uk/